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Pakistan records 2,435 new cases, 48 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-08 06:55:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8743297
ISLAMABAD, Jan 8 (MENA) - Pakistan recorded 2,435 new coronavirus cases, taking the nationwide tally to 497,510, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll jumped to 10,558, after 48 deaths were reported in a day, ....
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Covid-19: India reports 18,139 new cases, 234 fatalities in 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-08 06:53:55 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:8743296
NEW DELHI, Jan 8 (MENA) - A total of 18,139 new infections of coronavirus were reported in India in a day, taking the country's caseload to 10,413,417, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Friday. This is the fifth time this ....
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Pelosi calls on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, remove Trump from office
Date: 2021-01-07 20:09:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8743215
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, called on Thursday for US President Trump to be removed from office over his role in spurring on a violent mob that stormed the Capitol and broke into the House floor a day earlier, ....
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Biden says rioters who stormed Capitol were domestic terrorists
Date: 2021-01-07 19:59:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8743202
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) – US President-elect Joe Biden characterized the mob that stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday as domestic terrorists, referring to the violence as “one of the darkest days in the history of our nation,” The Wall Street ....
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Zuckerberg: Trump to be blocked from Facebook, Instagram
Date: 2021-01-07 18:07:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:8743098
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) – President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be locked through at least Inauguration Day, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our ....
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Pakistan condemns use of Afghan soil by terrorists
Date: 2021-01-07 17:28:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:8743058
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7 (MENA) - Pakistan has strongly condemned the use of Afghanistan soil by terrorists, Daily Pakistan reported. In a statement, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri urged Thursday the Afghanistan government ....
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Japan reports 7848 coronavirus cases, 70 deaths
Date: 2021-01-07 14:53:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:8742836
TOKYO, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Japanese Health Ministry announced that some 7,848 new cases of the coronavirus were detected over the last 24 hours, raising the nation's total number to 263,638. The ministry added that the country's cumulative death ....
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European leaders express shock at storming of US Capitol
Date: 2021-01-07 14:48:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:38 - ID:8742845
BRUSSELS, Jan 7 (MENA) – European leaders expressed shock at the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, as chaos unfolded in a country they once relied upon for global leadership, Euronews ....
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US special envoy to Northern Ireland resigns from Trump's administration
Date: 2021-01-07 14:13:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8742811
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday resigned from his post as the special envoy to Northern Ireland following the riot on the US Capitol. “I called [Secretary of State] Mike Pompeo last night to ....
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Facebook bans Trump from posting for 24 hours
Date: 2021-01-07 10:30:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:8742355
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Facebook on Wednesday banned President Donald Trump from posting for 24 hours after finding two of his incendiary posts violated its policy. Why it matters: President Trump has been using social media, particularly ....
